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TWO WHBELED VEHIGLE. No. 360,721. Patented Apr. 5, 1887.

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TWO WHEELED VEHICLE. No. 360,721. Patented Apr. 5,1887.

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I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE HENRY MORGAN, OF LONG ACRE, COUNTY OF -MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND.

TWO-WHEELED VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 360,721, dated April 5, 1887.

Application filed September 4, 1956. Serial No. 212.737. (No model.) Patented in England February 28, 1884, No. 4,100.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, G ORGE HENRY Mon- GAN, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Long Acre, in the county of Middlesex, England, carriage-builder, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Two-Wheeled Vehicles or Carriages, (for which I have obtained Letters Patentin Great Britain, No. 4,100, dated February 28, 1884,) of which the following is a specification.

The invention has for its object anovel construction and method of mounting the springs, whereby the shocks communicated from the wheels to the springs are prevented from being communicated to the front part of the body of the vehicle, and thereby producing an unpleasant jerky action to such part.

In two-wheeled vehicles as heretofore constructed the C'springs have been connected by a stud or fulcrum at their front ends to the front part of the body of the vehicle. They have also been connected at their center to the axle-tree, and have thence been carried back in a, C curve to the top part of the spring, and the leather brace has been connected to the axle-block, and thence carried along the under side and back of the spring to the top part thereof, over which it has passed, and thence descended to the loop fixed to the hind part of the carriage-body.

According to my present invention, I cmploy a spring of similar shape to the above; but in lieu of connecting it at the front end to the front part of the carriage-body, I there connect it to a second or top half of a double spring, of which the C-spring before described forms the lower half, and I connect such top half of the spring at or a little to the rear of the center thereof to a flap fixed to the bottom part of the carriage-body. Such top half of the spring at its rear end is provided with an open head or with links, to which the leather brace is connected, such leather brace being also fixed to an open head or to links at the top end of the C-spring. A second leather brace is also attached to such top end of the C-spring, andjs carried down around the back of the C to asuitable fixing on the under side thereof.

In order that my said invention may be more clearly understood and readily carried into effect, I will proceed, aided by the accompanying drawings, more fully to describe the same.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a side view of a hooded gig or buggy, and Fig. 2 a side view of a hansom-cab with my invention applied thereto.

In both figures like parts are marked with similar letters of reference.

According to my present invention, I e1nploy a C-spring, a, fixed to the axle-block; but instead of, as heretofore, fixing the front end, a, of such spring to the front part of the carriage-body b, I there connect it to a second spring, a, forming the top half of a doublespring, of which the C-spring a forms the lower half, and I connect such top half, a, of the double'spring at or a little to the rear of the center thereof to a flap, d, fixed to the bottom part of the carriage-body b. The top half, 0, of thedouble-spring is, at its rear end, a, )rovided with an open head,or with links, to which the leather brace e is connected, such leather-brace 6 being also fixed to an open head or to links at the top end, a of the C- spring a. A second leather brace, f, is also attached to such top end, a", of the C-spring a,'andis carried down around the back of the C to a suitable fixing, a, on the under side thereof.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is In a vehicle, the combination, with a 0- spring attached to the axle of the vehicle, of a spring attached to the body of the vehicle and to the front end of the C-spring, a strap connecting the rear free ends of the two springs, and a brace attached to the rear end of the C-spring and passed under the same and secured, substantially as set forth.

GEORGE HENRY MORGAN.

\Vitnesses:

B. J. B. Ham, 0. M. WHITE, Both of 23 Southampton Buildings, London. 

